The NHL defending champions crushed the new season’s pacesetters when the Detroit Red Wings beat the San Jose Sharks 6-0 on Thursday.
Detroit goalie Ty Conklin made 24 saves for his sixth NHL shutout and Pavel Datsyuk had two goals and two assists for the Red Wings.
San Jose has the league’s best record but the Sharks lost for the second straight night.
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CANADIENS 5, FLYERS 2
In Montreal, Alex Kovalev scored a goal to reach 900 NHL career points as Montreal snapped Philadelphia’s five-game winning streak.
Sergei Kostitsyn and Steve Begin each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who responded to three straight defeats.
Kovalev scored for the second game in a row after a personal 19-game goal drought.
BRUINS 8, MAPLE LEAFS 5
In Boston, David Krejci had his first NHL hat trick as Boston held on to beat Toronto in a free-scoring clash.
Boston’s Phil Kessel scored twice to extend his point streak to an NHL-high 16 games as the Bruins won their 12th straight home game despite nearly blowing a four-goal lead.
The Leafs had won three in a row.
CAPITALS 4, BLUES 2
In Washington, the home team made it five consecutive wins by downing struggling St Louis.
Viktor Kozlov had two goals and an assist for the Capitals, who improved to 13-1-1 at home.
Three Capitals goals in a span of just over three minutes from late in the second period turned a 1-1 stalemate into a one-sided affair.
COYOTES 2, PREDATORS 1
In Glendale, Arizona, Kyle Turris recorded his first two-goal game, including the go-ahead score with 10 minutes left, as Phoenix edged Nashville.
The Coyotes leapfrogged Nashville and Minnesota, who did not play, into seventh place in the Western Conference.
HURRICANES 2, PANTHERS 1, OT
In Raleigh, North Carolina, Joe Corvo scored with 43 seconds left in overtime to lift Carolina past Florida.
The Hurricanes have won 15 of 16 at home against the Panthers.
In other NHL action on Thursday it was:
• Penguins 6, Thrashers 3
• Stars 6, Blue Jackets 5, SO
• Avalanche 2, Lightning 1, SO
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